Garissa University College attack

The Garissa University College attack occurred on 2 April 2015 when four al-Shabaab gunmen assaulted Garissa University College in northern Kenya, taking several students hostage. al-Shabaab took 700 hostages, freeing the Muslim students and massacring 148 Christians; 79+ were injured. The Kenyan authorities stormed the college and killed all of the attackers, ending the hostage crisis. The attack was the deadliest massacre inflicted by al-Shabaab as of 2016.